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//Travis McCoy Of Gym Class Heroes Arrested At Warped Tour//

July 2, 2008 by TJ  
Filed under Arrests

Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy was arrested for assault at the St Louis stop of the Warped tour. Travie laid the smackdown on a douchbag (whom is also black) in the front row who yelled out calling the singer a “f*cking ignorant n*****.” Travis reacted by breaking his microphone over the guy’s head.

He was released early the next morning on $500 bail.

A rep for the hip hop/rock band issued the following statement about the incident:

“Somebody in the crowd was taunting Travis with racial slurs. Travis invited him onstage with the intent of calling him out in front of the crowd, with absolutely no intention of a physical altercation. When he tried to help him onstage, the guy hit Travis in the knee area (which has been in a brace because of a recent sprain), forcing Travis to defend himself. At this point, a scuffle broke out. This whole incident is unfortunate. Travis McCoy and Gym Class Heroes are anything but violent. Their message is about racial unity and having a good time. It’s amazing that in 2008 there are still people out there that would say such ignorant things.”

And to think, the smackdown came after they performed “Peace Sign.”

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Comments

2 Responses to “//Travis McCoy Of Gym Class Heroes Arrested At Warped Tour//”
  1. Erin says:

    Was the other guy arrested too? Shame on him!

  2. ODARA says:

    Aww man that’s so unfortunate…but Travis should have known better to invite him onstage you can’t reason with people like that!

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